DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

W05 Fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

W05 is not billable. The category heads 9 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 3 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity (V00-Y99)
  2. W00-W19 Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls (W00-W19)
  3. W05 Fall from non-moving wheelchair, nonmotorized scooter and motorized mobility scooter
Billable codes
9
Subdivisions
3
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
0

Codes in W05

  1. W05.0
    Fall from non-moving wheelchair +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  2. W05.1
    Fall from non-moving nonmotorized scooter +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character
  3. W05.2
    Fall from non-moving motorized mobility scooter +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th character

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At W05

Excludes1

  • fall from moving wheelchair (powered) (V00.811) V00.811
  • fall from moving motorized mobility scooter (V00.831) V00.831
  • fall from nonmotorized scooter (V00.141) V00.141

Notes that also apply

Block W00-W19 instructions (Excludes1 5, Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

Chapter 20 instructions (Notes 1): printed on the chapter 20 page.

7th characters

7th characters for W05 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category W05

7th characters for W05
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

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